SELF-SUPPRESSION EFFECT OF LONGITUDINAL SPATIAL HOLE-BURNING IN ABSORPTIVE-GRATING GAIN-COUPLED DFB LASERS

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SUDOH, TK [1 ]
NAKANO, Y [1 ]
TADA, K [1 ]
KIKUCHI, K [1 ]
HIRATA, T [1 ]
HOSOMATSU, H [1 ]
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[1] YOKOGAWA ELECT CORP,DEVICES LAB,MUSASHINO,TOKYO 180,JAPAN
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10.1109/68.250043
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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Longitudinal spatial hole burning (LSHB) induces degradation of longitudinal-mode stability in distributed feedback (DPB) lasers. Measurement of frequency modulation characteristics has revealed that, in absorptive-grating gain-coupled DFB lasers, the LSHB diminishes as power increases. This anomalous behavior has been qualitatively explained by a theoretical analysis that took into account the saturable nature of the absorption of the gain-coupled grating. This LSHB suppression effect is advantageous for high-power single longitudinal-mode operation of DFB lasers.
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